Not all cultures assume all men are pedophiles waiting to snatch and kill small children. Only cultures that have adopted feminism have joined the modern day witch hunt. Considering in North America, where there are about 200 000 000 people under 18, and there are approximately 6 cases of stranger abduction leading to murder per year (there aren't many it's just that every time there is one the news wont shut up about it for 3 months), I'd say logically the last thing you need to be scared of is some random stranger abducting and killing a child. Oh, and another fun fact, children who are die as a result of homicide up to the age of 14 in North America, were most likely killed by their own mother. Weird huh?
We lock up 'strange looking' men, but pay no attention to moms who are freaking on their kids at the supermarket, when chances are, mom might kill the kid, and the strange looking guy is just some random person who has no more intentions of harming a child then jumping over the moon. Bottom line, witch hunts based on myths and fears are NOT in the best interest of children and raising children to fear men is teaching them to fear the gender most likely to protect them if they are in any kind of REAL danger like being lost, falling in a stream, getting bullied, drinking something they thought was juice etc....
Sexual abuse of children happens in their own homes by some on they love and trust almost all the time. Oh, and fun fact number 3, the most common form of incest the world over is between siblings, brother sister, brother brother, sister sister.
Educate your self, know the facts, and determine the threats based on what actually happens in the real world on a regular basis, not the extremely rare anomaly that Oprah and CNN tell you is what you need to fear.
Hey, that's not what I meant at all, and I certainly didn't mean to offend you! All I was saying was that if I was a little kid on a playground, a robotic eye stuck to someone's arm would creep the heck out of me!
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The heck? The guy's wearing that thing at a playground with little kids..
Not all cultures assume all men are pedophiles waiting to snatch and kill small children. Only cultures that have adopted feminism have joined the modern day witch hunt. Considering in North America, where there are about 200 000 000 people under 18, and there are approximately 6 cases of stranger abduction leading to murder per year (there aren't many it's just that every time there is one the news wont shut up about it for 3 months), I'd say logically the last thing you need to be scared of is some random stranger abducting and killing a child. Oh, and another fun fact, children who are die as a result of homicide up to the age of 14 in North America, were most likely killed by their own mother. Weird huh?
We lock up 'strange looking' men, but pay no attention to moms who are freaking on their kids at the supermarket, when chances are, mom might kill the kid, and the strange looking guy is just some random person who has no more intentions of harming a child then jumping over the moon. Bottom line, witch hunts based on myths and fears are NOT in the best interest of children and raising children to fear men is teaching them to fear the gender most likely to protect them if they are in any kind of REAL danger like being lost, falling in a stream, getting bullied, drinking something they thought was juice etc....
Sexual abuse of children happens in their own homes by some on they love and trust almost all the time. Oh, and fun fact number 3, the most common form of incest the world over is between siblings, brother sister, brother brother, sister sister.
Educate your self, know the facts, and determine the threats based on what actually happens in the real world on a regular basis, not the extremely rare anomaly that Oprah and CNN tell you is what you need to fear.
Hey, that's not what I meant at all, and I certainly didn't mean to offend you! All I was saying was that if I was a little kid on a playground, a robotic eye stuck to someone's arm would creep the heck out of me!
Sounds like someones home-detention ankle blacelet is squeezing a little too tight.
What do you mean?